“It is amazing how many people think that they can answer an argument by attributing bad motives to those who disagree with them. Using this kind of reasoning, you can believe or not believe anything about anything, without having to bother to deal with facts or logic.” ― Thomas Sowell

This has all been in fun and Lord knows I have contributed to it but the more of these comments I read, the more I consider, that there must be someone among us , who has lost a wife and would give all he has to be able to hear that voice one more time, if only for a minute . Sorry, fellas, must be the emotion of Fathers'Day getting to me . I know I would give all I have for one more minute of conversation with my father.

Read some time ago an article putting forth that, on average a man says 7000 words a day... a woman 14,000.Which helps explain why when a man comes home from work he may be rather quiet. Though the wife still has 7000 words left to ~spend.

Women have a fixed number of words per day that they must say, or they die. I've told my wife that I highly encourage her to have girlfriends to talk to throughout the day to exhaust the word count before I get home.

When she starts talking endlessly, I just remind myself that she's just running through the word count and I just zone out and throw in a "sure" or an "okay" or a "wow, that's too bad" once in a while and it helps the time pass.

It helps if I think about something that requires a lot of thought, like how could I make an M14 rear lugged bedding insert and epoxy it into a McMillan with the correct draw pressure, or how how many mil dot marks a brisket of a deer would be used at 100 to 600 yards. It gives the illusion that I'm really concentrating on the issues she's having with some other woman at work, church, or in the family.

Just pause your thought once in a while to take note of the woman, co-worker or relative that she has issue with. It gives you a chance to at give the illusion that you're following her conversation if she should test you.

"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them." Winston Churchill